Whitelaw Reid: “The time will come when the Yankees will learn to regret their present course.”

The people have generally more education and refinement than in other parts of the State; their public improvements are better, and their country is every way more attractive.

I never saw hands more cheerful or contented than some managed on this last plan were.

They have covered many phases of the subject, but have preserved a singular uniformity of purpose and consistency of ideas throughout.

I would rather give up my crop to the negroes than the lives of my wife and children.